He was believed to be the head of one of Syria's largest rebel groups – many more of his leading fighters were also killed in the attack. This attack is likely to aggravate the present situation and further weaken the country's already shaky armed opposition.
This has been reported by an activist collective called the Edlib News Network and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The Observatory usually bases its information from a network of activists on the ground.
Both the groups have revealed that other leading group members of the Ahrar al-Sham were killed after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in a meeting.
As per the Edlib News Network, a total of over 40 people were killed, including four other leaders of Ahrar al-Sham. However, the Observatory said "tens" people were killed but did not provide a specific number and such differing casualty figures are quite common immediately after any attack in Syria.
The Ahrar al-Sham had earlier fought against the extremist Islamic State group, which now holds a swath of territory across Syria and Iraq and had blamed the Islamic State group for the killing of Abu Khaled al-Souri, one of their leaders in February.
Incidentally, while Ahrar al-Sham advocates the implementation of an ultraconservative interpretation of Islam, it had worked with more moderate rebel groups trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad. Moreover, it had become the most prominent member of a broader rebel coalition known as the Islamic Front but it is facing loss of donor funding.
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